Study finds one in four children have a parent with a substance use disorder ... This data is then analyzed alongside the DSM-5 — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ...

Addiction can be a loaded term. The word originated in the 16th century to denote an abnormal attachment, typically to ...

[1] The DSM-5 defines Substance Use Disorder as a problematic pattern of substance use leading to significant impairment or distress, as manifested by at least two of the following criteria occurring ...

For example, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders (DSM), Fifth Edition uses a count of substance use disorder criteria to indicate how severe one’s substance use disorder is.

It also discusses its cognitive and psychological symptoms, the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for OUD, ... (SAMHSA) provides a guide for people seeking treatment for substance use disorders.

Effective treatment requires the recognition of addiction as a brain disease and an understanding of its underlying physiology and pathophysiology.

Nearly 49 million people in the US ages 12 and older – more than 1 in 6 – had a substance use disorder in 2022, according to survey data released Monday by the US Department of Health and ...

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

I’m still not sure if substance use disorder is a neurodivergence, but I would not be so quick to say it isn't. There is such a thing as acquired neurodivergence, as a result of a brain injury.

A new study has revealed that a quarter of children in the U.S. have at least one parent with a substance use disorder. This data is then analyzed alongside the DSM-5 — the Diagnostic and ...